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New Wi-Fi solutions - Evolved Wi-Fi Networks
(EWN) - combine industry-leading wireless technologies from the two
companies
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EWN includes pre-integrated and verified
solutions based on Ericsson and Cisco products
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New solutions are complemented with Ericsson's
customer support, design and deployment services as well as
Ericsson's managed services
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and Cisco are extending
their strategic partnership to include a new Wi-Fi solution
offering, named Evolved Wi-Fi Networks (EWN). EWN combines
Ericsson's 3GPP access, core networks and applications with Cisco's
Wi-Fi portfolio, to provide reliable Wi-Fi with the highest
performance to Ericsson's mobile, cable and other industries
customers.
The offering will include pre-integrated and
verified solutions and will offer a range of benefits:
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Indoor Small Cells:
Combining indoor Ericsson access networks with Cisco® WLAN enables
deployment in venues of both Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity.
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Operator Wi-Fi: Allowing
operators who have outdoor Ericsson access networks to use Cisco
WLAN to offer access to their subscribers.
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Traffic Steering:
Integrating Cisco WLAN with either Ericsson macro or indoor access
networks via Ericsson's unique Real Time Traffic Steering feature
enables operators to steer users between mobile and Wi-Fi access
networks, ensuring the best end-user experience.
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Core Network Integration:
Integrating Cisco WLAN into Ericsson packet core using trusted
configurations will allow operators to offer all their core network
services over Wi-Fi for multimode devices. Ericsson's highly
successful Wi-Fi Calling capabilities already deliver seamless
voice mobility over Cisco WLAN.
Rima Qureshi, Head of Region North America with
responsibility for the strategic partnership with Cisco, Ericsson,
says: "Our strategic partnership brings together the capabilities
of two leading players in networking, mobility and cloud, creating
the best end-to-end solutions and opportunities for our customers.
By adding Wi-Fi solutions into the partnership, we will enable our
customers to offer best-in-class Wi-Fi in their networks,
complemented by our leading 3GPP portfolio and services
organization."
"With Wi-Fi traffic predicted to grow to 50
percent of the total IP traffic by 2020, a top priority for service
providers is to deliver the best possible connected experiences to
their customers," said Yvette Kanouff, SVP & GM of the Service
Provider Business Unit, Cisco. "Through our extended strategic
partnership with Ericsson, we are committed to providing Wi -Fi
solutions of the highest quality performance and reliability."
The design and deployment of solutions based on
the new offering will be handled by Ericsson's services
organization, with full product support from Cisco. Ericsson's
capability to offer worldwide services will allow operators to
adopt new business models and expand into new markets. EWN can be
offered as a fully managed service with the global reach of more
than 180 countries. This enables faster rollout times and ease of
adaption of the solution.
Ericsson and Cisco - two industry leaders in the
development and delivery of networking, mobility, and cloud -
formed a global business and technology partnership in November
2015 to create the networks of the future. The partnership offers
customers the best of both companies: routing, datacenter,
networking, cloud, mobility, management and control, and global
services capabilities. The next-generation strategic partnership
will drive growth, accelerate innovation, and speed digital
transformation demanded by customers across industries. To date,
over 250 active customer engagements have now started to turn into
won deals. More than 60 deals, spread around the world, are in IP
(routing and transport) and services. The companies announced deals
with 3 Italy, Vodafone Portugal, Aster Dominican Republic and Cable
& Wireless in Caribbean in 2016.
NOTES TO EDITORS
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